Malawi vs Uganda: Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?
Malawi
0.1532 tonnes per person
in 2023
Uganda
0.1809 tonnes per person
in 2023
Malawi rank
120th
Uganda rank
118th
Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? over time
- Malawi
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 0.1809 tonnes per person against 0.1532 tonnes per person in Malawi, a difference of 0.0277 tonnes per person.
That makes Uganda's figure about 1.2 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Uganda ahead.
Malawi ranks 120th and Uganda ranks 118th of 120 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 1 and Uganda in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0868 tonnes per person | 0.0831 tonnes per person | 0.0037 tonnes per person | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.0639 tonnes per person | 0.125 tonnes per person | 0.061 tonnes per person | Uganda |
| 2010s | 0.0693 tonnes per person | 0.1754 tonnes per person | 0.1061 tonnes per person | Uganda |
| 2020s | 0.1514 tonnes per person | 0.1816 tonnes per person | 0.0303 tonnes per person | Uganda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?, Malawi or Uganda?
- Uganda, at 0.1809 tonnes per person against 0.1532 tonnes per person in Malawi as of 2023.
- What is the difference in are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? between Malawi and Uganda?
- 0.0277 tonnes per person, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Uganda?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Malawi and Uganda rank globally for are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average??
- Malawi ranks 120th and Uganda ranks 118th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.